What is wrong with MSG in rice?

It seems that every chinese restuarant removed MSG from their rice. I assume it is due to a health risk but what harm does it do? I tried searching it on the internet but cannot find it since google things I mean "msg" as in message or Madison Square Garden

 

http://www.rense.com/general52/msg.htm

I did a quick search for MSG and food and there you go.

In addition to any other effects, MSG is a chemical which many people have very strong negative reactions to. People that like Chinese food but go into a barely conscious daze after eating food with MSG stopped eating at places that used it, so it's just smart business to use something else.

 

Alot of other restaurants stopped using it as well, but the chinese market took the strongest hit, hence the reason they all advertise "no msg"...

 

My Physical Education teacher told me once that MSG increases the chances of developing certain types of cancer.

Not sure how true this is but I hate eating foods in with too much MSG. It makes my mouth hurt.

I think the only reason they add it to food is to make you salivate more when you are eating which is a pretty dumb reason to add it if you ask me.

 

MSG is not in rice, is it?

 

MSG - "monosodium glutamate" is a preservative that was used as a flavor enhancer by many food preparers throughout the years. Recently there has been alot of bad press toward its use because of the reactions that it caused in lab rats over an extended period of time.

 

MSG is just plain wrong in anything..

well, that's what my gradeschool teachers have been telling us.

id rather sprinkle pepper or oregano on rice.

 

Eating foods with lots of MSG makes me very thirsty and from what I heard but I cant confirm if its true is that you may develop cancer from MSG.

 

Too much sodium can cause poisoning. My husband and a collegue of ours got sick from a Chinese restaurant, so everytime we visit one we request for food without msg in it.

 

I don't think Panda Express uses MSG.

 

Thanks guys So any specific scientific facts about the harm it causes? Josh I viewed your link that you posted but it was a dead page.

 

Avoid MSG at all cost if you want to live longer. You do not GAIN ANY thing at all.

 

i really don't think they put MSG in rice because white rice are tasteless.

and even they don't put MSG powder when they cook, soy sauce and other sause have MSG, so it is the same. Cup Noodles is filled with MSG

I am allergy to MSG, my mouth go extremely dry and my stomach feel funny. That's why i don't eat Chinese food anymore

 

Try searching for Monosodium glutamate...here's a very detailed fact about MSG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate

Is MSG safe?

Yes. MSG is one of the most extensively researched substances in the food supply. Numerous international scientific evaluations have been undertaken over many years, involving hundreds of studies. The United States and other governments worldwide support the safety of MSG as used in foods.
http://ific.org/publications/brochures/msgbroch.cfm

 

I like how it makes Chinese food taste, but do not like that it gives me the 5hits.

 

from wikipedia

 

MSG is also known as E621. You'll find it in a lot of savoury snacks and pre-prepared foods. I've heard that it's one of the few foods that passes the blood-brain barrier (whatever the heck that means).

I make a point of reading labels carefully, and I never buy it. It's like trans-fats: not natural, and not something I would consider to be food. The further away you get from eating things that grow in the ground or on trees, or swim in rivers or the ocean, the more torment you are going to be putting your body through. Keep the chemicals in the labs.

 

That's pretty telling when a caustic substance has 2 or three different names.

 

I think what gets put on food labels is there deliberately to mislead sometimes. I believe it should be law that they put both versions, so it reads "monosodium glutamate (E621)", so people know what it really is.